Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus under Aung San Suu Kyi
ANDREW SELTH | When Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) took office in 2016, a wave of euphoria swept… Read More
Andrew Selth
Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus since the fall of General Khin Nyunt in 2004
ANDREW SELTH | In 2003, Myanmar was described as one of the most tightly controlled dictatorships in the world. The main instrument used by… Read More
The daughter: A political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi (Book review)
ANDREW SELTH | Few figures in modern history have attracted as much biographical attention as Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, Aung San… Read More
Myanmar’s Intelligence State
ANDREW SELTH | Both Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and the armed forces know that their survival is threatened more by disunity and domestic… Read More
The Rohingyas: A new terrorist threat?
ANDREW SELTH | There have been a small number of militant Muslim groups in Myanmar, but they were usually weak and disorganised. A few… Read More
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography (Third edition)
ANDREW SELTH | When nation-wide pro-democracy demonstrations were crushed by the armed forces in 1988, thrusting Myanmar (Burma) into the world’s headlines, there was… Read More
What’s in a name: Burma or Myanmar?
ANDREW SELTH | A decision by the US to accept the name Myanmar seems unlikely any time soon. When Aung San Suu Kyi’s… Read More
The Rohingya question: Determining who to hold to account
ANDREW SELTH | Ever since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, ethnic minority groups, human rights advocates, and others have argued that Myanmar’s armed forces, or Tatmadaw,… Read More
Graphic novels chart Myanmar’s history
ANDREW SELTH | Exotic climate, turbulent past an inspiration to comic writers Before 1988, Myanmar (then known as Burma) did not feature prominently in… Read More
Biggles in Burma: Giving boys what they want
ANDREW SELTH | When British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quoted the poem ‘Mandalay’ during a visit to Myanmar in early 2017, to the obvious… Read More
